Professional Experiences:

2021-present Visiting Professor, Department of Organ Fabrication, Keio University School of Medicine

2020-present Project Professor, Department of Kidney Regenerative Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine

2019-present Visiting Research Professor, The Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen, Germany

2016-present Visiting Professor, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

2014-2020 Project Professor, Department of Organ Fabrication, Keio University School of Medicine

2014-present Visiting Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU)

2009-2014 Visiting Professor, Center for Development of Advanced Medical Technology, Jichi Medical University, Japan
Chief Scientific Advisor, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc., Japan

2003-2009 Director, Center for Experimental Medicine. Jichi Medical University, Japan
2001-2009 Professor, Department of Suegery and Pharmacology, Jichi Medical University, Japan
2001-2009 Professor and Chairman, Division of Organ Replacement Research and Animal Resource Project Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Japan
1995-2001 Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Clinical Pharmacology, Jichi Medical University, Japan
1992-1994 Senior Research Fellow at QIMR, University of Queensland, Australia
1991-1992 Teaching Fellow, Department of Surgery, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, Japan
1989-1991 Research Fellow, Department of Medical Zoology and Immunology, Niigata University, Japan
1982-1989 Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, Japan

Education:

1982-1989    Ph.D., Niigata University

1977-1982    M.D., Jichi Medical University

Awards:

2012    Sun Lee Award

2018    Lars Erik Gelin Award